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Chicago examiner this paper is committed to the policy of public ownership of public utilities vol xvi xo 2 a m * * monday Chicago december 24 1917 monday reeistsred rÂ»r>-|/~<tn mvittk r<'ir , vrr<c in Chicago ei>eivhehf c 8 fmtnt offlm price two ce.m a nd suburbs thitee cents president of bank slays rich cashier dusl fought with revolvers in peoria institution mysterious woman warns police slayer says he acted in self-defense bkrne m mead wealthy cashier of the state trust & savings hank of peoria was shot to death yesterday by edgar a strause president of the institution the shooting occurred in the banking rooms to the police summoned by pedes trian ho heard the shots strause calmly remarked i've just had trouble with mead and had to shoot him claims he shot in^self-defense strause claimed self-defense he declared he had met mead acci dentally in the bank which was closed for sunday and they had re newed an argument over the pro posed sale of strause's stock in the bank to mead suddenly mead at tacked him he declared and a sharp struggle ensued strause said he beat the cashier back and the latter fired one shot at him then strause said he fired two shots killing mead instantly woman of mystery waits in automobile investigation developed facts which threw a cloud of mystery over the shooting most puzzling of these to the police were the actions of a richly clad woman as yet unidenti fied she was seen with a man in an electric automobile standing in front of the bank shortly before the tragedy as the shots rang out the auto disappeared around the corner and a moment later the woman rushed into the police station a few doors away hysterically crying that there had been trouble at the bank she hurried out to her machine in front of the station and disappeared coroner w b elliott also stated that although mead's body and cloth ing were covered with blood the re vu.ver he was supposed to have used was unstained ai.l s.-iots fired in one direction the coroner also declare uie o cauons of the bullet holes in the room indicated the shots had all been fired from one point and in but one direction that was toward the posi tion in which mead was said to have been standing and while strause said the revolver he used was one he found in the bank employes declared they had never seen it there dr albert weil chanced to be passing at the time of the shooting and ran into the bank by a peculiar coincidence dr well his a brother of joseph weil who kvlth frank j quinn represents fctrause legally both the attorneys blppe on the scene almost immedi ving the shooting |^_ is taken to th iki'vate j^k u russians in 2 new pogroms massacre jews special correspondence of the in national news service paris dec 23 despite the revolution the situation of jews in southern russia is more desperate than under the czar's regime / in the skirva district two po groms have just been reported in which large numbers of jews were ruthlessly massacred and shops looted and burned in the invaded districts of lithuania the jews were more severely treated by the german troops than they had been by their russian oppressors u.s taks over 88 dutch ships 350,000 tons acquired by pact with mission holland prom ised supplies in return washington dec 23 â€” all dutch ships that have laid up in american ports since last spring will be taken over immediately by the shipping board and sent to sea most of them are in the north river at new york an amicable agreement to this ef fect has been reached by the nether lands mission the state department and the export and shipping boards in anticipation of the speedy sign ing of the agreement the steamers have been coaled totals rwo.mx tons the addition of the dutch fleet in american waters to american snip ing â€¢ shipping board officials said constitutes the largest quota of ships with one exception â€” the german and austrian â€” acquired by the united states since the shipping program got under way the dutch fleet totals eighty-eight ships with a tonnage of about 350 000 the german and austrian ships thus far put in service total forty five with a tonnage of 442,000 dutch promised supplies the agreement concluded bet-ween the netherlands mission and the united states provides that adequate exports be given to hol land the quantity to be agreed upon jointly by the netherlands mission and the export board the vessels shall not be sent through the war zone german troops hear new york is taken baltimore dec 23 â€” german sol diers arc being told by their offi cers that a successful invasion of america has been achieved by the kaiser new york captured and troops marching on washington ac cording to a letter from john a clarke to his parents made public to-day pershing's men give french orphans 2,000 with the american army ix france dec 23 â€” general persh ing's troops to-night gave a christ mas fete to 600 french war orphans about 2,000 was raised toward pro viding for the children dutch town bombed 1 hurt houses hit amstkkdajj dee 3 â€” several ' < re damaged and one yhan vounded when five bo(mbs ipi l on goes in zealand heney hints packers face criminal trial federal prosecution and loss of food licenses likely on face of evidence thus far he says attacks j ogden armour's state ment cites 400 per cent dividend of firm last year washington dec 23 francis t heney in charge of the federal trade commission's inquiry into the pack ing industries to-night charged that a statement issued by j ogden armour yesterday did not give the facts at the same time heney let it be known that the inquiry thus far has developed enough evidence to place the packers face ca face with the fol lowing possibilities federal prosecution for the men higher up on charges of violating the anti-trust and interstate com merce laws and prison terms if they are convicted pace loss of licenses prosecution by the internal rev enue bureau for indicated conceal ment and misrepresentation of super taxable assets both personal and corporate investigation by the food admin istration for hidden profits and loss of their federal licenses if their gains are shown to have exceeded the stipulated 3 per cent heney's answer to mr armour's statement follows * i do not propose to enter into any controversy with mr armour in regard to any of the matters which are under investigation the fact remains however that the schedule filed with the com mission by armour & co did not disclose its interest in the Chicago stock yards or i Ã¼bsidiaries and the government did not secure this in formation until its agents recently seized correspondence between f h prince and j ogden armour which had been hidden in a safe deposit box i the old colony trust company at boston 79.000 shares hidden it must be remembered that 79 990 shares of the Chicago stock yards company stock which in cluded mr armour's were carried in the name of f r pegram who did not own a single share and who attempted to mislead the gov ernment by reporting that his books did not show to whom the stock belonged at the time mosely & co the boston brokers were acquiring control of he holding company of the Chicago stock yards & termi nal railways for prince and ar mour the Chicago newspapers pub lished a story to that effect representatives of each of the big packers denied the rumor arid the treasurer of armour & co wrote the following letter to prince october 11 1910 " mr f h prince 32 state street boston personal " dear sir the information in the inclosed clippings from the Chicago papers came over the ticker yesterday and some of the reporters came in here to ask about it we of course denie all knowledge of the mat ter very truly ' frederick w croll scouts armour's disclaimer mr armour seems to minimize the importance to him of the chi cago stork yards deal until a 400 per cent dividend was declared by armour & co last year . its total stock capitalization was only 20,000,000 whereas the prop erties of the Chicago stock yards of which armour and prince se cured control are conservatively estimated at over 47,000,000 con sisting of 800 acres of land in the heart of Chicago and over 300 miles of railroad tracks connect ing with thirty-four railroads utat filter Chicago british in bethlehem take 6 towns turks routed from commanding positions near mouth of river north of jaffa jerusalem port 335 additional prisoners and total of 99 big guns and 7,000 rifles are captured london dec 23 â€” general allen by's troops have captured six more towns north of jaffa in the pales tine theater the war office an nounced to-day crossing the hahr el auja four miles north of jaffa the british seized khurbet hadrah sheik muan nis teer rekket and el nakhras taking 305 prisoners including eleven i officers and ten r.iach'v guns other british forces i|ptured ras efs zandy two miles nfjrtheast of bethany taking two machine guns and thirty prisoners three turkish counter attacks were repulsed by the invaders bethlehem is captured the first detailed account of the capture of bethlehem the savior's birthplace was received to-day a pleasing christmas message follow ing so closely on the fall of jerusa lem the dispatch said one of the most brilliant pieces of work during the recent opera tions was the capture of bethle hem the turks had strong fortifica tions here with numerous field guns on the outskirts of the town the troops which had been or dered to take the town deployed by night far to the left threatening the turkish line of retreat and compelling the turks to withdraw welsh troops then entered beth lehem at daybreak mich booty is taken general allenby's booty since the start of operations includes 99 guns and howitzers 400 limber wagons and other vehicles 118 machine guns more than 7,000 rifles 10,500,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition and other war supplies the war office re ported the turkish troops who escaped to 1 the north when jerusalem was captured are fighting guerrilla war fare north and east of the city at tacking british outposts and patrols british take ridges to safeguard their positions the british have captured several ridges i dominating the hiding places of the guerrillas the british have found the mount o olives is one of the finest observa tion posts in the world in the clear atmosphere of palestine objects g,ouu yards or more away seem to be with iii easy rifle range movements of boats on the dead sea are clearly followed the winding jordan can be t,ecn for milts tiom the mount germany suspends socialist newspaper amsterdam dec 23 â€” the gov ernment has ordered suspension for three days of the socialist newspa per vorwaerts of berlin which re cently attacked german food con troller von waldow's system and de clared the german masses are lit erally starving the vorwaerts also charged millionaire war profiteers are hoarding food pacifist bishop of utah resigns office salt lake city dec 23 the rt rev paul jones bishop of utah has resigned to take effect january 1 his action followed a request from the commission of episcopal bishops because of hi pacifist ut terance russian food soon to flow into austria amsterdam dec 23 field *Â» marshal von hoefer minis ter of public subsistence has an nounced the austrian food supply soon will be augmented by sup plies from russia says a vienna dispatch berlin vienna and budapest von hoefer added are rushing transport facilities to the russian line plenty of supplies will be available by march although the danube soon will be ice-bound haig's line driven back germans launch new offensive defu 700-yard line near ypres-stedin road london dec 23 â€” a german at tack in large force in flanders was announced to-night by field marshal haig the teutons yesterday struck the british front near the ypres-sta den railroad briush advanced posts were driven in over a front of 700 yards haig ad mits no other details are given the german onslaught followed terrific bombardment and was made under cover of a thick and deadly barrage fire great artillery activity was kept up all throughout last night marshal haig's message adds between ghela veli and poelcappelle on the ridge east of ypres an attempted german offensive in that district would not come as a surprise the berlin war office reports lively artillery work between queant and moeuvres on the northern side of the british salient before cambrai in fantry fighting was confined to fore field engagements on the french front feeler opera tions were undertaken on a larger scale by germans defeat of raiding parties along the line between the oise and the aisne around juvrin court courcy and bezonvaux in the verdun district is reported by paris german prisoners were taken in a raid in lorraine a considerable number of french prisoners were taken by germans in a raid northeast of thann in alsace according to the berlin statement gen allenby sends greeting to pershing london dec 23 general alien by leader in'palestine of the british army has sent this christmas mes sage to general pershing the brit ish troops in bethlehem on christ mas eve send to their american comrades a message of greeting and of hope that through the achievement of their common purpose the law of force may yield to the force of law and peace and good will reign at length on earth china in ultimatum to the bolsheviki peking china dec 21 â€” an ulti matum was delivered to the bolshe viki by the chinese commander at harbin manchuria to-day giving the extremists forty-eight hours to dis arm and quit the city they were warned the alternative would be for cible eject on vanderbilt home closed to save coal beacon n t dec 23 as a coal conservation measurv the homes of frederick vanderhilt i,evi p morton vincent astor and several other r-.ul timilllonairea have been closed kaiser to ask world peace plans council of all rulers bulletin london dec 23 â€” copenhagen dispatches received here to night read the berliner zeitung says emperor william contemplates going to brest-litovsk if the diplomats arrive at an agreement in that case he will endeavor to assemble all the sovereigns and regents of europe in a peace conference as was done after the napoleonic wars the emperor is credited with having declared that everybody wants peace and that the future offers so many great tasks that a \ states must co-operate in them â– envoys of 5 nations in parley foreign minister von kuehlmann of germany elected chairman of peace conference bolshe vik quit defensive measures 1 amsterdam dec 23 â€” russia and the central powers for mally opened peace negotia tions at 4 o'clock saturday after noon according to a delayed dis patch from brest-litovsk to-night the various powers were represent ed as follows germany â€” dr richard von kuehlmann foreign minister herr von rosenberg baron von hock general hoffman and ma jor brinckmann austria-hungary â€” count czernin foreign minister herr von merey freiherr von wlsser count collerda count osaky field marshal von chlsceries lieutenant polarny and major von gluise bulgaria â€” minister popoff foreign secretary cosseff post master general stoyanovlch colo nel antjiff and dr anastasoff turkey â€” former minister of foreign affairs hessimy bey ambassador hukki under for eign secretary hekmit bey and general zekki pasha russia â€” joffe kamineff bi senko pokrosuy karaghan lu binski weltman pawlowich ad miral altvater general tumorrl colonel rokki colonel keplett and captain llpsky prince leopold welcomes delegates the commander in chief of the german forces in the east prince leopold of bavaria welcomed tin delegates and invited hakkl pasha as the senior delegate to open the conference hakki pasha after an expression of a desire for a satist tory result declared the negotiations formally open and proposed dr von kuehlmann as the presiding officer the german foreign minister was unanimously elected chairman the most important speech before the delegates was made by dr von kuehlmann he â– said : hope to bring i war to an end the purpose of this memorabla meeting is to terminate the war between the central powers and russia and re-establish a state of peace and friendship in view of i the situation it will be impossible t trotsky attacks u.s envoy classes american ambassador as private adventurer threat ens him unless he explains shipments under red gross petrograd dec 23 â€” leon trotsky the bolsheviki for eign minister declared to the revolutionary organizations at their meeting yesterday that the united states through ambassador david r francis is helping general kale dines the cossack leader . trotsky read documents and tele grams to support his declarations he said in part last night we found american agents in russia were participat ing in the kaledines movement we arrested colonel kolpashni koff attached to the american mis sion to roumania who was trying to get a trainload of automobiles clothing and supplies to restov says francis pledged 100,000 rueels among the documents was a let ter from david r francis ameri ~ can ambassador to russia request ing the train be given free passage as it was bound for the mission at jacsy one letter from colonel ander son head of the american red cross mission to roumania to kolpashnikoff said that if money were needed ambassador francis was ready to advance 100,000 rubles on the account of the red cross we think that the ameri can ambassador must break his si lence now warns francis must explain conspiracy since the revolution he has been he most silent diplomat in petro grad he must explain his connec tion with this conspiracy we will tell all the ambassa dors if you think you can with u.s weather forecast Chicago a\d vicinity i.itrht non flurries and colder monday tuesday probably fair and cold fresh northwest wl ds monday temi'eiiature toi twenty-four hours ending at 2 a ra ; h.srhcsi 44 lowest s mean 40 normal temperature for the day 27 1 leficieiu y of teroiieratme sinee january 1 3911 decree . i i\;-tpii:ition to tv.euty-four bouis endin at 7 p m 01 inch jj-efk'iiaeiil'y a nee january 1 fc.:;i in he . baiouutric pressure reduced to sea level 7 a in 20.w 7 n m 211.82 lie atiye liuuiiiiity 7 a m 82 2 p m 83 7 i ,". v sunlit to-uay 7:16 sumet 4:24 con p ele ueitbsr report 00 page 1 britain to send historic xmas message to u.s london dec 23 great britain will send the united states a unique and historic christmas message on tups-'ry t-.cording to london newspapers no hint is given concerning the sub ject of the message german terms sent neutrals swiss diplomatic circles advised kaiser's peace offer is ready for delivery amsterdam dec 23 â€” diplomatic roles in berne have been advised that german representative in nen tral countries luive received the text of the kaiser's peace proposal washington dec 23 â€” adminis tration officials were interested to day in press reports from switzerland that germany's christmas peace pro posals were ready for delivery it was established that no communi cation on the subject had been re ceived at the state department or by neutral diplomatic representatives including the apostolic delegate in each of these quarters however there was an atmosphere of expecta tion it was said definitely by neutral diplomats that if requested by ger many to transmit new peace terms lo the entente and the united states their governments would act quickly neutrals credit move neutrals claim the right to serve as a medium in transmitting com munications between belligerents un der the powers conferred by the hague conventions at one of the neutral legations this statement was obtained the truth of reports that new con ciliatory suggestions may be expected from the teutonic empires is fortified by several conditions the kaiser and his allies are now at the flood tide of their military power there is always a chance that reverses may develop and it appears from military reports that a powerful blow must be struck by the allies soon or await peace at the close of a long drawn-out struggle this gives the germans every in centive to hasten presentation of any new terms they may be willing to offer see opportvxity now there is a better chance now that great britain might be willing to listen to peace terms than ever be fore the russian debacle has ad mittedly changed the situation of a few months ago the suggestion that germany is willing to give back alsace-lorraine in exchange for a french colony is being widely discussed on 4th p^.ge oth column continued on 2d page 2d column 1 final edition 77 . . ft a julius f smietanka in j \ | r â€” tt ternal revenue collector \ ' will answer through the examiner all questions on the income tax address ' â€” ' [ communications to income < â€” j l tax editor the examiner < t == c ! â€” i

Chicago examiner this paper is committed to the policy of public ownership of public utilities vol xvi xo 2 a m * * monday Chicago december 24 1917 monday reeistsred rÂ»r>-|/~eivhehf c 8 fmtnt offlm price two ce.m a nd suburbs thitee cents president of bank slays rich cashier dusl fought with revolvers in peoria institution mysterious woman warns police slayer says he acted in self-defense bkrne m mead wealthy cashier of the state trust & savings hank of peoria was shot to death yesterday by edgar a strause president of the institution the shooting occurred in the banking rooms to the police summoned by pedes trian ho heard the shots strause calmly remarked i've just had trouble with mead and had to shoot him claims he shot in^self-defense strause claimed self-defense he declared he had met mead acci dentally in the bank which was closed for sunday and they had re newed an argument over the pro posed sale of strause's stock in the bank to mead suddenly mead at tacked him he declared and a sharp struggle ensued strause said he beat the cashier back and the latter fired one shot at him then strause said he fired two shots killing mead instantly woman of mystery waits in automobile investigation developed facts which threw a cloud of mystery over the shooting most puzzling of these to the police were the actions of a richly clad woman as yet unidenti fied she was seen with a man in an electric automobile standing in front of the bank shortly before the tragedy as the shots rang out the auto disappeared around the corner and a moment later the woman rushed into the police station a few doors away hysterically crying that there had been trouble at the bank she hurried out to her machine in front of the station and disappeared coroner w b elliott also stated that although mead's body and cloth ing were covered with blood the re vu.ver he was supposed to have used was unstained ai.l s.-iots fired in one direction the coroner also declare uie o cauons of the bullet holes in the room indicated the shots had all been fired from one point and in but one direction that was toward the posi tion in which mead was said to have been standing and while strause said the revolver he used was one he found in the bank employes declared they had never seen it there dr albert weil chanced to be passing at the time of the shooting and ran into the bank by a peculiar coincidence dr well his a brother of joseph weil who kvlth frank j quinn represents fctrause legally both the attorneys blppe on the scene almost immedi ving the shooting |^_ is taken to th iki'vate j^k u russians in 2 new pogroms massacre jews special correspondence of the in national news service paris dec 23 despite the revolution the situation of jews in southern russia is more desperate than under the czar's regime / in the skirva district two po groms have just been reported in which large numbers of jews were ruthlessly massacred and shops looted and burned in the invaded districts of lithuania the jews were more severely treated by the german troops than they had been by their russian oppressors u.s taks over 88 dutch ships 350,000 tons acquired by pact with mission holland prom ised supplies in return washington dec 23 â€” all dutch ships that have laid up in american ports since last spring will be taken over immediately by the shipping board and sent to sea most of them are in the north river at new york an amicable agreement to this ef fect has been reached by the nether lands mission the state department and the export and shipping boards in anticipation of the speedy sign ing of the agreement the steamers have been coaled totals rwo.mx tons the addition of the dutch fleet in american waters to american snip ing â€¢ shipping board officials said constitutes the largest quota of ships with one exception â€” the german and austrian â€” acquired by the united states since the shipping program got under way the dutch fleet totals eighty-eight ships with a tonnage of about 350 000 the german and austrian ships thus far put in service total forty five with a tonnage of 442,000 dutch promised supplies the agreement concluded bet-ween the netherlands mission and the united states provides that adequate exports be given to hol land the quantity to be agreed upon jointly by the netherlands mission and the export board the vessels shall not be sent through the war zone german troops hear new york is taken baltimore dec 23 â€” german sol diers arc being told by their offi cers that a successful invasion of america has been achieved by the kaiser new york captured and troops marching on washington ac cording to a letter from john a clarke to his parents made public to-day pershing's men give french orphans 2,000 with the american army ix france dec 23 â€” general persh ing's troops to-night gave a christ mas fete to 600 french war orphans about 2,000 was raised toward pro viding for the children dutch town bombed 1 hurt houses hit amstkkdajj dee 3 â€” several ' < re damaged and one yhan vounded when five bo(mbs ipi l on goes in zealand heney hints packers face criminal trial federal prosecution and loss of food licenses likely on face of evidence thus far he says attacks j ogden armour's state ment cites 400 per cent dividend of firm last year washington dec 23 francis t heney in charge of the federal trade commission's inquiry into the pack ing industries to-night charged that a statement issued by j ogden armour yesterday did not give the facts at the same time heney let it be known that the inquiry thus far has developed enough evidence to place the packers face ca face with the fol lowing possibilities federal prosecution for the men higher up on charges of violating the anti-trust and interstate com merce laws and prison terms if they are convicted pace loss of licenses prosecution by the internal rev enue bureau for indicated conceal ment and misrepresentation of super taxable assets both personal and corporate investigation by the food admin istration for hidden profits and loss of their federal licenses if their gains are shown to have exceeded the stipulated 3 per cent heney's answer to mr armour's statement follows * i do not propose to enter into any controversy with mr armour in regard to any of the matters which are under investigation the fact remains however that the schedule filed with the com mission by armour & co did not disclose its interest in the Chicago stock yards or i Ã¼bsidiaries and the government did not secure this in formation until its agents recently seized correspondence between f h prince and j ogden armour which had been hidden in a safe deposit box i the old colony trust company at boston 79.000 shares hidden it must be remembered that 79 990 shares of the Chicago stock yards company stock which in cluded mr armour's were carried in the name of f r pegram who did not own a single share and who attempted to mislead the gov ernment by reporting that his books did not show to whom the stock belonged at the time mosely & co the boston brokers were acquiring control of he holding company of the Chicago stock yards & termi nal railways for prince and ar mour the Chicago newspapers pub lished a story to that effect representatives of each of the big packers denied the rumor arid the treasurer of armour & co wrote the following letter to prince october 11 1910 " mr f h prince 32 state street boston personal " dear sir the information in the inclosed clippings from the Chicago papers came over the ticker yesterday and some of the reporters came in here to ask about it we of course denie all knowledge of the mat ter very truly ' frederick w croll scouts armour's disclaimer mr armour seems to minimize the importance to him of the chi cago stork yards deal until a 400 per cent dividend was declared by armour & co last year . its total stock capitalization was only 20,000,000 whereas the prop erties of the Chicago stock yards of which armour and prince se cured control are conservatively estimated at over 47,000,000 con sisting of 800 acres of land in the heart of Chicago and over 300 miles of railroad tracks connect ing with thirty-four railroads utat filter Chicago british in bethlehem take 6 towns turks routed from commanding positions near mouth of river north of jaffa jerusalem port 335 additional prisoners and total of 99 big guns and 7,000 rifles are captured london dec 23 â€” general allen by's troops have captured six more towns north of jaffa in the pales tine theater the war office an nounced to-day crossing the hahr el auja four miles north of jaffa the british seized khurbet hadrah sheik muan nis teer rekket and el nakhras taking 305 prisoners including eleven i officers and ten r.iach'v guns other british forces i|ptured ras efs zandy two miles nfjrtheast of bethany taking two machine guns and thirty prisoners three turkish counter attacks were repulsed by the invaders bethlehem is captured the first detailed account of the capture of bethlehem the savior's birthplace was received to-day a pleasing christmas message follow ing so closely on the fall of jerusa lem the dispatch said one of the most brilliant pieces of work during the recent opera tions was the capture of bethle hem the turks had strong fortifica tions here with numerous field guns on the outskirts of the town the troops which had been or dered to take the town deployed by night far to the left threatening the turkish line of retreat and compelling the turks to withdraw welsh troops then entered beth lehem at daybreak mich booty is taken general allenby's booty since the start of operations includes 99 guns and howitzers 400 limber wagons and other vehicles 118 machine guns more than 7,000 rifles 10,500,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition and other war supplies the war office re ported the turkish troops who escaped to 1 the north when jerusalem was captured are fighting guerrilla war fare north and east of the city at tacking british outposts and patrols british take ridges to safeguard their positions the british have captured several ridges i dominating the hiding places of the guerrillas the british have found the mount o olives is one of the finest observa tion posts in the world in the clear atmosphere of palestine objects g,ouu yards or more away seem to be with iii easy rifle range movements of boats on the dead sea are clearly followed the winding jordan can be t,ecn for milts tiom the mount germany suspends socialist newspaper amsterdam dec 23 â€” the gov ernment has ordered suspension for three days of the socialist newspa per vorwaerts of berlin which re cently attacked german food con troller von waldow's system and de clared the german masses are lit erally starving the vorwaerts also charged millionaire war profiteers are hoarding food pacifist bishop of utah resigns office salt lake city dec 23 the rt rev paul jones bishop of utah has resigned to take effect january 1 his action followed a request from the commission of episcopal bishops because of hi pacifist ut terance russian food soon to flow into austria amsterdam dec 23 field *Â» marshal von hoefer minis ter of public subsistence has an nounced the austrian food supply soon will be augmented by sup plies from russia says a vienna dispatch berlin vienna and budapest von hoefer added are rushing transport facilities to the russian line plenty of supplies will be available by march although the danube soon will be ice-bound haig's line driven back germans launch new offensive defu 700-yard line near ypres-stedin road london dec 23 â€” a german at tack in large force in flanders was announced to-night by field marshal haig the teutons yesterday struck the british front near the ypres-sta den railroad briush advanced posts were driven in over a front of 700 yards haig ad mits no other details are given the german onslaught followed terrific bombardment and was made under cover of a thick and deadly barrage fire great artillery activity was kept up all throughout last night marshal haig's message adds between ghela veli and poelcappelle on the ridge east of ypres an attempted german offensive in that district would not come as a surprise the berlin war office reports lively artillery work between queant and moeuvres on the northern side of the british salient before cambrai in fantry fighting was confined to fore field engagements on the french front feeler opera tions were undertaken on a larger scale by germans defeat of raiding parties along the line between the oise and the aisne around juvrin court courcy and bezonvaux in the verdun district is reported by paris german prisoners were taken in a raid in lorraine a considerable number of french prisoners were taken by germans in a raid northeast of thann in alsace according to the berlin statement gen allenby sends greeting to pershing london dec 23 general alien by leader in'palestine of the british army has sent this christmas mes sage to general pershing the brit ish troops in bethlehem on christ mas eve send to their american comrades a message of greeting and of hope that through the achievement of their common purpose the law of force may yield to the force of law and peace and good will reign at length on earth china in ultimatum to the bolsheviki peking china dec 21 â€” an ulti matum was delivered to the bolshe viki by the chinese commander at harbin manchuria to-day giving the extremists forty-eight hours to dis arm and quit the city they were warned the alternative would be for cible eject on vanderbilt home closed to save coal beacon n t dec 23 as a coal conservation measurv the homes of frederick vanderhilt i,evi p morton vincent astor and several other r-.ul timilllonairea have been closed kaiser to ask world peace plans council of all rulers bulletin london dec 23 â€” copenhagen dispatches received here to night read the berliner zeitung says emperor william contemplates going to brest-litovsk if the diplomats arrive at an agreement in that case he will endeavor to assemble all the sovereigns and regents of europe in a peace conference as was done after the napoleonic wars the emperor is credited with having declared that everybody wants peace and that the future offers so many great tasks that a \ states must co-operate in them â– envoys of 5 nations in parley foreign minister von kuehlmann of germany elected chairman of peace conference bolshe vik quit defensive measures 1 amsterdam dec 23 â€” russia and the central powers for mally opened peace negotia tions at 4 o'clock saturday after noon according to a delayed dis patch from brest-litovsk to-night the various powers were represent ed as follows germany â€” dr richard von kuehlmann foreign minister herr von rosenberg baron von hock general hoffman and ma jor brinckmann austria-hungary â€” count czernin foreign minister herr von merey freiherr von wlsser count collerda count osaky field marshal von chlsceries lieutenant polarny and major von gluise bulgaria â€” minister popoff foreign secretary cosseff post master general stoyanovlch colo nel antjiff and dr anastasoff turkey â€” former minister of foreign affairs hessimy bey ambassador hukki under for eign secretary hekmit bey and general zekki pasha russia â€” joffe kamineff bi senko pokrosuy karaghan lu binski weltman pawlowich ad miral altvater general tumorrl colonel rokki colonel keplett and captain llpsky prince leopold welcomes delegates the commander in chief of the german forces in the east prince leopold of bavaria welcomed tin delegates and invited hakkl pasha as the senior delegate to open the conference hakki pasha after an expression of a desire for a satist tory result declared the negotiations formally open and proposed dr von kuehlmann as the presiding officer the german foreign minister was unanimously elected chairman the most important speech before the delegates was made by dr von kuehlmann he â– said : hope to bring i war to an end the purpose of this memorabla meeting is to terminate the war between the central powers and russia and re-establish a state of peace and friendship in view of i the situation it will be impossible t trotsky attacks u.s envoy classes american ambassador as private adventurer threat ens him unless he explains shipments under red gross petrograd dec 23 â€” leon trotsky the bolsheviki for eign minister declared to the revolutionary organizations at their meeting yesterday that the united states through ambassador david r francis is helping general kale dines the cossack leader . trotsky read documents and tele grams to support his declarations he said in part last night we found american agents in russia were participat ing in the kaledines movement we arrested colonel kolpashni koff attached to the american mis sion to roumania who was trying to get a trainload of automobiles clothing and supplies to restov says francis pledged 100,000 rueels among the documents was a let ter from david r francis ameri ~ can ambassador to russia request ing the train be given free passage as it was bound for the mission at jacsy one letter from colonel ander son head of the american red cross mission to roumania to kolpashnikoff said that if money were needed ambassador francis was ready to advance 100,000 rubles on the account of the red cross we think that the ameri can ambassador must break his si lence now warns francis must explain conspiracy since the revolution he has been he most silent diplomat in petro grad he must explain his connec tion with this conspiracy we will tell all the ambassa dors if you think you can with u.s weather forecast Chicago a\d vicinity i.itrht non flurries and colder monday tuesday probably fair and cold fresh northwest wl ds monday temi'eiiature toi twenty-four hours ending at 2 a ra ; h.srhcsi 44 lowest s mean 40 normal temperature for the day 27 1 leficieiu y of teroiieratme sinee january 1 3911 decree . i i\;-tpii:ition to tv.euty-four bouis endin at 7 p m 01 inch jj-efk'iiaeiil'y a nee january 1 fc.:;i in he . baiouutric pressure reduced to sea level 7 a in 20.w 7 n m 211.82 lie atiye liuuiiiiity 7 a m 82 2 p m 83 7 i ,". v sunlit to-uay 7:16 sumet 4:24 con p ele ueitbsr report 00 page 1 britain to send historic xmas message to u.s london dec 23 great britain will send the united states a unique and historic christmas message on tups-'ry t-.cording to london newspapers no hint is given concerning the sub ject of the message german terms sent neutrals swiss diplomatic circles advised kaiser's peace offer is ready for delivery amsterdam dec 23 â€” diplomatic roles in berne have been advised that german representative in nen tral countries luive received the text of the kaiser's peace proposal washington dec 23 â€” adminis tration officials were interested to day in press reports from switzerland that germany's christmas peace pro posals were ready for delivery it was established that no communi cation on the subject had been re ceived at the state department or by neutral diplomatic representatives including the apostolic delegate in each of these quarters however there was an atmosphere of expecta tion it was said definitely by neutral diplomats that if requested by ger many to transmit new peace terms lo the entente and the united states their governments would act quickly neutrals credit move neutrals claim the right to serve as a medium in transmitting com munications between belligerents un der the powers conferred by the hague conventions at one of the neutral legations this statement was obtained the truth of reports that new con ciliatory suggestions may be expected from the teutonic empires is fortified by several conditions the kaiser and his allies are now at the flood tide of their military power there is always a chance that reverses may develop and it appears from military reports that a powerful blow must be struck by the allies soon or await peace at the close of a long drawn-out struggle this gives the germans every in centive to hasten presentation of any new terms they may be willing to offer see opportvxity now there is a better chance now that great britain might be willing to listen to peace terms than ever be fore the russian debacle has ad mittedly changed the situation of a few months ago the suggestion that germany is willing to give back alsace-lorraine in exchange for a french colony is being widely discussed on 4th p^.ge oth column continued on 2d page 2d column 1 final edition 77 . . ft a julius f smietanka in j \ | r â€” tt ternal revenue collector \ ' will answer through the examiner all questions on the income tax address ' â€” ' [ communications to income < â€” j l tax editor the examiner < t == c ! â€” i